Guild Wars 2

Ever considered that “E” could be an agent/operative of anise ? Remember she does have here eyes and ears out in the field reporting back to her . You could also have a twist where there is more than one party watching you – shining blade , order of whispers ( remember they always work behind the scenes and intel gathering is something they love doing in secret ) and we could include the white mantle . I say white mantle because it would make sense for them to watch possible threats and possible allies and probably a good way to “watch” someone is keep out of the scene and drop little messages saying things which dont imply the reasons you are watched are for the greater evil . Nice job on removing xxxx threat or sorting xxxx situation out doesnt sound nasty where saying oh you killed one of our operatives or wrecked our plans to do xxx would set off alarm bells . GW2 is full of keeping things both hidden and things in plain sight ( a gd way to hide something is to keep it in plain sight ) . Heck to go a step further it could have been bal or any of the other 6 gods watching you – could even be Dhuum ( wonder what hes been upto in the last 250 yrs ) . Could even be a case we`ll have a mystery that will continue from end of gw2 and into gw3 if anet makes it – gw3 – mystery of E lol

brenda – if i recall the temple of abbadon in the personal story was destroyed after but remember that it was a lost temple and in original lore any record of abbadon was wiped out after his revolt against the other 5 gods . Tbh its nice to have a reference to abbadon in gw2 due to him having a role in all 3 expansions ( eye of the north wasnt an expansion but more an addon ) . As for the charr issue – isnt there currently a peace treaty between humans and charr which may mean either side will assist the other if needed in protecting the home land against any threats ( which the pact does try and do ) . Besides wouldnt the order of whispers be human and not containing any charr/asuran/norn/sylvari . Now the white mantle – primarily they were human but if we consider that they were posing as bandits which classes them as outlaws which in the same “class” renegades of both charr and humans both fall into . Im sure that if a charr in the shining blade came to a situation where there would be a conflict of interest which affected his oath to both sides there would be something in place for it – and im sure it wouldnt mean breaking either oath as that would imply they are untrustworthy . Personally i take the line where – the person themself is protecting both interests – think where the charr were reluctant to help against the elder dragons till it was pointed out mordremoth was reaching charr homelands and everyone needed to band together and it showed that even tho charr and humans had differences that the humans were prepared to fight and possibly die in helping charr . Give warring factions a common cause and they will set aside differences and fight for the common cause – something thats big in gw2 . AS for rata sum – its a hard one but we do know that asurans have a thing for naming their cities Rata – Rata sum , Rata Novus so cant really say but we do know rata sum is probably younger than rata novus and the asuran ancestors had dealings with the exalted – lore can be very sketchy on details . Thats my take on things

im actually uk but i do have 1 euro and 1 usa account and managed to login on both after a few errors – least we know its not euro or just usa specific problem . Btw Gaile – has your bosses given you a frog yet for gw2 ? i miss seeing the frog XD

Gaile – took a few tries with the connection error but managed to log in eventually on usa servers . For those unable to log in – keep trying and you should get there in the end . You know anets on the case when Gaile gets involved so bare with it .

You can do several things .
1. Only stupid engineers decide its an engineer farm only and you can just ignore them in chat and farm – its not like they can do anything about it . Most engi farms i seen have a mix of classes .
2. Look on Lfg for anyone doing hill/tower farming – yes some of us still do the old farm
3. If no2 has no lfgs make a lfg stating looking for hill/tower farming

The tower/hill farm does still exist but is overlooked as alot of players ( from what ive been told when sitting in engi farm ) are too lazy to put effort into doing the hill – no offence to those engis who dont feel that way but when you get 20 engis stating lazy then same with other engi groups you see a pattern emerge . Also hill squads do like to have a big squad and when theres a squad or 2 of engis camp sitting it can be very hard to form a big hill squad due to limitations on maps populations – plus tryin to find a map with no engis is like going to orr hoping to see no risen – very very doubtful .

The reason why sage isnt on any event timer is simple ( and something anyone who runs the tower leather farm should know – note i said runs not taking part in ) sage is the only boss in lake doric who is on a different timer . All other events / bosses in lake doric have preset times where sage run on a timer that starts upon his death . His timer runs something along the lines of 90 – 120 mins from when he was last killed – thats to say , if he was killed at 11:55am he wont respawn till 1:25pm to 1:55pm . When lake doric first came out – he was trouble for me to get a time schedule worked out and there seemed to be a lack of details on his spawn but after talking with other coms who did the runs regular we managed to work out spawn times but that only worked if ppl knew when he was killed last on that instance otherwise its a case of having to watch for him whilst doing tower runs then announcing ( yes some of us coms are nice enough to announce he`s up an loop bk to centaur camp to pick up ppl needing sage then doing him ) . Szu – there are still coms doing the tower runs but its a case of finding a map with little or no engis camp farming – we coms like large squads and its hard to get a big squad when engis have a squad ( no offence to engis as its their only gd farm in the whole game sadly ) . Keep checking LFG or place a lfg looking for tower/hill runs is all i can suggest as we will place lfg when doing them.

Where is there anything that states "you must look at youtube for anything gw2 related " ? Is anyone being forced to use dulfy , youtube ? Can we say the same about wiki which often has little spoilers or hints ? At the end of the day no one is being forced and its our own decision to use or not use – so i cant see why theres a problem or issue . Is it any different from asking in mapchat where something is , joining a hp train etc ?

if i were you id send a bug report as this is gw2 – gw1 has its own devs etc and gw2 has its own . And yes as daft as it may seem – the devs may not need to pass details on due to fact a support ticket for gw1 would include details .

from personal experiance the following can be asumed
1. all except winterberries have a limit on nodes gathered – not rubies etc but actual gathering per node.
2. nodes take 24hrs to reset per chr – to say a chr does the nodes in bloodstone fen at 11am they cant touch the nodes till after 11am next day as an example – but another chr can do the nodes if the limit hasnt been reached .

i tend to chr rotate so a diff chr does the map daily – dont confuse it with a fresh chr who can still gather the nodes on daily reset . I tested this a while back by having a chr gather from 3 nodes and check the map every few hrs till the 24hr mark reached to see when the 3 nodes respawned. I would have liked it if anet allowed the nodes to be gathered after the limit was reached but would give no “currency” , it would just give dust etc.
I do believe across all but bitterfrost have a limit in the range of 50 nodes – for me thats usually 2 – 3 chrs worth of gathering where node = 1 gather , that theory was from lake doric where there is no way in hell 25 jade nodes on the map so the only way 50 nodes can be applied is 50 gathering which is probably ( and ive not tried to count ) 12 – 15 nodes at a guess , which is around 3 – 4 chrs gathering would hit the 50 limit easily . This is just theory tho based on 4 chr rotation jus incase they try and node farm and accidently take a chr in who is part into respwning as some wont show .

from the view of someone who has done a ton of leather runs in LD – its not a case of salv the hides which a percentage does but selling the hides themselves , i can easily do a stack of hides in an hr ( which im sure many will agree on ) and selling a stack for say 5s each nets around 12g an hr ( yes i know its probably between 5.50 and 6s ) plus bags and other leather garbs which is to me a side bonus as im only after hides . The engi farm is what ppl were calling “lazy farm” . The main difference is what we are after as hides we sell are pure profit but getting bags is regarded same as hide salvage – its pure luck if you get mats worth it ( hail to the rng god – he either likes you or hates you ) . In a way its anets way of providing leather but still ensuring t6 leather doesnt become the same loss silk became ( many recall the excess silk problem we had and still have to this day ) . Loads flocked to leather runs at start because of the promise of “leather farming” but many also saw after its not a sure fire way to get t6 leather and went back to other farms . I will add tho that on the many leather runs ive been on there has been alot of engis in the squads so its not like they cant join the runs . As for diminishing returns – it kicks in between 1 and 2 hrs and if you disbelieve what wiki says .. consider this – why do you think at halloween anet kindly removed it from mad kings laby ? ot was because alot of players doing achieves and farming complained how it was kicking in so fast . Also why do you suppose theres 2 maps which to assist players with diminishing returns to stay on the map – ember bay has a buff from hearts which adds 25% mf per stack and silverwastes when doing events and after doing vw meta ? Its because players in a way have to stay on the map for long periods and if diminishing returns didnt kick in between 1 and 2 hrs why the heck bother adding the mf buffs ?
Mrnumnut – us farmers agree with you totally and stand with you – its those who deny/disbelieve who are sadly losing out even when we try and enlighten them so they can improve their drops . We can but hope that one day one or many anet staff will speak out and state for the record that it does exist and kicks in at a certain time so the disbelievers can see it in black and white . now who`s stolen my preachers pulpit as i swear i left it round here somewhere

Too much text to read when sleepy but …
Having quickly rushed an alt account thru bloodstone fen and knowing bal is bk one thing struck me – when laz appears and has his little chat with caud – laz says about those who dont convert to him can burn .. which struck me as either a fluke on the story writers or a slight hint towards laz being bal . From what i recall of gw1 lore .. the gods ( cant say the 6 gods because grenth wasnt born ( dwayna and malchior hadnt met at the time ) and im really unsure if bal / mhenzies were born then neither , and ive no idea about dhuum . The “gods” came from the mists and brought humans ( xenomorphs – soz wanted to use that but its right in a way ) then at some point Abbadon gave us the ability to use magic and basically the whole guild wars started . With bal using a mirror from lyssa makes me wonder if she and/or any other gods are involved . Now about the dragons and the gods – if you are a gw1 vet you will know that usually the gods are lazy buggers who cant do anything so they get us hero`s to do their dirty work for them – gw1 prophs/factions ( tho unsure how much the godss were involved cept abbadon ) and nightfall which we actually took on a god and kicked his butt (Abbadon) . Does this mean the gods themselves are weak in the sense that we already killed 1 and thus they cant handle the elder dragons . It would explain how , they left tyria when you would think they would strike at the dragons themselves – im sure if they all tag teamed they could take 1 dragon down at a time rather than high tail it away . There probably is more info in the books which alot of us dont know . Now not only do we become the dragon slayers but possibly once more we become god slayers as well XD

without reading numerous replies – sayin about hp trains spoiling the getting of hp`s is a bit wrong – ive ran both small and large hp trains and tbh there is a big difference – big trains are not a case of doing very little work , unless you have been in a big train you wont notice that the hp champs scale up . Ive seen the Golem Hp in ab with 5 ppl spawn 2 foes plus the “target” and then with 20+ ppl ive seen the “target” along with 5 foes – an increase of 3 and ive seen around 7 with a big zerg . HP trains are nothing like champ trains – hp trains run with or without a tag and are no different to 5 ppm in the map asking who wants to team up . Us coms who do hp trains dont get mega amounts of loot ( unlike champ trains ) and with us its not about the loot but “helping” others , ive yet to see a hp train force ppl on the map to join – its up to the player if they wish to join a train or not . Also ive done all my chrs cept mesmer ( who is used for hp trains now ) with a few guildies or solo where possible . Hp trains can be alot of fun and at least on a quiet ab map it gives it a bit of life . Why not complain that by doing wvw/eotm you can basically get all HoT/CT hp without even setting foot in hot or outside racial start zones just from rank up chests .

Lets throw some more names into the box – Dhuum ( just coz the 6 gods left centuries ago it doesnt mean that dhuum left , infact i wonder if hes still in underworld . Mhenzies , Abbadon ( now that would be quite funny if it were the case ) , the fortune teller who mis informed shiro , shiro himself err the lich from prophecies and nightfall . Im just praying its no way going to be Kormir – having to put up with her in nightfall was bad enough , then finding out she replaced abbadon as a god was almost like a massive nightmare .. will we ever be rid of her ??? Apart from those i have no idea an shall patiently wait the release to see

Assuming all ascended items have the same total of points – when i compare my ascended bloodstone pendant it would appear the stats are way off .
power 157 , prec 108 , ferocity 108 . even tho Hot stats ( 4 atribute instead of 3 ) they should all add up to same total . Wiki needs updating as it doesnt have seraph stats listed under jade pendant but it does appear you are correct . Going by whats listed on wiki it would appear its only the seraph stats that are wrong but cant check myself as ive not purchased one yet altho i have no use for seraph stats but would be beserker stats instead .

I just prefer to think of Laz as being the same as before – just now he`s realised he is the last of his race and with him his legacy will die . What makes me wonder is .. if the mursaat actually came clean all those years ago about the titans etc and why they did what they did ( to stop the titans an eventual build up to release of Abbadon ) would things have been different ? Ok nightfall would not have happened or may have been delayed and joko may still be in his “prison” . We never really knew much about the ancient races and we have to remember “humans” are technically aliens to tyria due to the Gods bringing us with them ( or so the lore goes ) . Isnt the first time a chr in the gw universe swapped sides – Abbadon was good until his act of allowing magic use made the other 5 gods turn against him and look how that ended up ? It is kinda nice in a way to have a chr thats evil come to the side of good and try and make up for their previous acts. Also i believe something adding to Laz`s actions is the case of “absorbing” the magic from the bloodstone has made him also a target of the dragons due to them being attracted to magic and consuming it – a very big target which also adds to his self preservation – if he stays on the good side its less likely the heros will once again attempt to destroy him for good

I believe intended – the portal only opens for chrs that have done the first part with jennah , so all other chrs who want to enter must use the relevant scroll . Bitterfrost is the only exception where ember bay/bloodstone fen and lake doric all require story progression .

Theres no karmic retribution in bloodstone fen but what did get me was the lack of magic that you could get from killing foes in the first 3 maps . It may be anets way of making sure players do visit the other 3 maps to gain karma and magic so they dont become ghost maps with a few players passing through . But i do agree it did seem a bit strange on my first visit – thought i had missed a vendor .

I think you are getting a bit confused – like all livingworld maps and HoT / silverwastes / drytop the meta events have events leading up to them . Vinewrath wont spawn on a map where the forts are not controlled . For Lake Doric its a case of all towns must be under seraph control etc and the white mantle/centaurs must be on the attack . If Harvest cascade is under centaur control then you wont have the defend part come around . 1 big thing i did notice is quite often the map seems to go quiet and not that populated – this in turn means often events are not being covered and meta isnt coming around soon . I spent a few hrs over the last 2 days tagged up and running to events and shouting them out in chat so people both know and can help where needed. So sadly its not a bug but lack of players on the map instance .

If you have norans heart done you can still access the building he`s in – walk in and use the door inside to reach him and reach cin`s item

can confirm – also what icon is the jade shard node meant to have as mine in home instance looked like a petrified wood node – was in divinity

Ok tell me whats more fulfilling – kicking a vets kitten whilst having and enjoyable fight – using your skills,dodging etc or just walking to the vet and 1shot him ? In real life we count on our abilities to get us thru situations – im sure this applies to any of the armed forces so the same applies within the game . Last week i was helping a few players get hp in vb/ab and i was using a mes ( one of my least used chrs and im not that gd with ) and the whole experience was totally enjoyable – i had fun and at the end of the run i actually felt i had achieved something and learnt a few new tricks. We Learn and we Adapt . Hot foes are harder but after some time they become easier as you recognise little traits the foes have – spotting the foe getting rdy to charge or pull off his aoe so you get rdy to dodge etc. All players at some stage ( tho not all will admit ) can feel overwhelmed by foes when first encountered – hell several guildies hated pocket raptors at the start because of their swarm mechanics and now they dont bat an eyelid when coming up against them.

Have you never noticed that certain foes/npcs/wildlife in gw1 and gw2 have “existed” already within some cultures mythology ? Naga , Fire imps , Krait , Kappa also take into account the “revenant” class which has ties to several myths – nordic and european myths have some form of revenants. Anet likes to “borrow” interesting “entities” and incorporate them into the game . Yes many of us europeans have no idea what a kappa is but asians will recognise them ( or most who actually live in the asian countries ) . Dragons are in alot of cultures myths – specially english , chinese have wyverns which could be said to be a relative of euro dragons. If of a curious nature its worth looking up some of the foe types and reading the background history and then seeing how anet does a wonderful job of bringing them to life within the gw universe

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Diminishing_returns going by that its not time on map activated but amount of foes killed – so in laby in big zerg you will in theory get DR faster than farming elsewhere .
“The more often a character loots from similar foes within an area, the more quickly DR triggers.”
This does seem to explain why ppl are reporting dr in laby with diff times – maybe some are in a smaller zerg and others in a big zerg.
Anet knows its something we cant circumnavigate and get around ( eg bypass ) and I wish one of the staff would state the exact conditions for DR – blowing the secret wont make any difference to players but it would make things eabetter and avoid confusion ( and players arguing who is right/wrong ) – like knowing sitting in la for hrs wont change dr or doing some events elsewhere for xxx time will remove DR

going by wiki – dr isn’t as much about time spent in the area but the amount of kills – which makes sense if you think of how many kills your tagging in the zerg . If it takes only a few mins to do the 50 kills part of daily multiply that by maybe 4 or 5 ( lets say a big zerg and has been 20 mins ) easily you are killing 200+ in 20 mins . Sadly anet wont disclose both the time limit ( if it actually exists ) and how many kills is needed to activate DR

quote from wiki update notes
Certain classes, e.g. Ranger and Engineer, will have certain skills types removed from their skill bar on logon after this patch; they can just be re-added
I had the same as you and was fixed by just reselecting the mortar

menadena – you have to remember when leveling in laby that the xp given is at a value for your level – just because you get boosted to lvl 80 temp in there it don’t mean you will get the xp a lvl 80 chr would get. Its always been that way ingame , you get the same thing when you do eotm to lvl . Imagine how quick you would lvl in laby if you had lvl 80 xp ? The same also applies to xp from nodes sadly . The easiest way to lvl in laby is get in a train and use any aoe skills to tag as much as possible and the xp will come very fast

this is too funny to read fully – only read the first page and unable to read more lmao.
Its amazing how ppl complain over anything – tomes are usually the first and now its crying over a 1 time use lvl 80 boost – omg go to the streets and start crying , the games broken !!!
Is there anything written in the CoC and ToC stating us “players” have to use any type of boosts within game or we pay the consquences ?? Is anyone going to get banned for NOT using the boost ??
Well I cant see anything so wheres the problem ?
Who gives a kitten if the player next to you used a boost ?
Who gives a kitten if the player used tomes or crafted to lvl 80 ?
Now lets say anet removed all boosts ( drastic but only an example ) and crafting xp – reset all chrs to 1 but kept the gear so u can use when u hit 80 .
Now the complaints would come – dungeons/fractals/high lvl maps would be empty till players got to req lvl and those who were at the lvl would be complaining theres no1 to team up with etc.
NO1 is forcing any player to use any boosts so at the end of the day WHO GIVES A KITTEN . I don’t , it matters not to me how a player got to 80.
Also consider a lot of players who jump to 80 will have to get the armor an weapons sorted , builds sorted etc – which a fair number of players may not be able to afford or able to farm ( you tell me if you are going to go and farm enough mats easily to craft the armor/weapons as well as craft up high enough to make them.
A lot of players state – we can play gw2 how WE want to – that means we can play how we want without anet and OTHER players telling us how we can play- its up to the individual player.Often players feel left out bacuase some content is out of their reach and when they do reach it they get told they need this build or that armor or even that weapon . Here they have a chance to get 1 chr to insta 80 and they could be shown how to do things so they can use what they learn as they lvl other chrs thru normal means – oh I forget “teaching players” isn’t something a big chunk of players refuse to do – and yes I know its in all games not just gw1/gw2.
If you have a problem with it – go somewhere and chill and for gods sake stop crying all the time.
Now I’m gonna go and chill somewhere and await the backlash from those crying ( they love to complain but hate any negative feedback from players )
as for accomplishing – I’m 3 yrs playing and theres probably more new players who have done more than I have , hell ive only tried 3 dungeons , never tried raids and title wise , took my time getting slayer titles – so I must a player who doesn’t aspire to anything in the game.No getting to 80 isn’t an achievement sorry to say – getting to 80 means u can get better armor/ascended stuff and access lvl 80 maps.
Now I’m off to chill

Those ppl knocking gaile – she has done a marvelous job in both gw1 and gw2 and is a highly respected member of the anet team by the community. Where others have failed she has stepped in and helped the players far more beyond the call of duty demands – which i assume many of the gw1 and gw2 community vets will agree .
As others have said – many mmo`s take servers down for a few hrs for updates and in my whole experiance of gw1 and gw2 theres only been 3 or 4 times we have had any downtime for an hr or more.
Yes being forced to restart can be a pain but think of the players who without the update are unable to join or play , and i bet the same players would be crying if at the end of their map it crashed and anet said – sorry we cant fix the map problem yet as players complain about updates . Ok you lose a few rewards but is it the end of the world ? What about the players who due to bugs constantly lose progress – is it fair to them to wait a few hrs so others can get rewards ?
Gaile regardless of what others think or say – keep up the gd work and you kno you have the support of your army of fans

gave up reading the wall of text 1/2 way thru page 1- but heres my 5 cents worth .
Being a commander myself and paying 300g i can understand the bad feeling from others but there is a difference which others have outlined and im not going to repeat .
What anet should do to rememdy the problem ( and bad feelings ) is to assign a new icon and color to mentors – say green .
Some maps players like in events having a comm as both a leader and a marker ( and someone to blame when things go pear shaped ) and if no comms around then yes a mentor would do.
Infact and idea would be rename mentor tag – leuitenant ( cant spell ) .
The main point this debate boils down to is thus – comm tag = 300g and mentor doesnt and as jessei said above – theres also garbage comms and mentors – those who pay and those who dont. Change mentor icon/color and ppl can identify easier ( at a glance ) whos red comm and whos mentor .
Btw i dont often tag up as comm unless im doing a map/event im comfortable with or due to public demand for a tag so ppl can see where the action is ( and usually someone with event knoledge will run it and i shadow with tag ).
And those who say a mentor should stand around unable to attack etc – id love to see you complain that you cant earn any XP/rewards/ETC because you cant do anything

check first what version of windows you are using – dxdiag would probably tell you – command prompt and type dxdiag .
“Processors: 8 [GenuineIntel:6:10:7]
OSVersion: Windows 5.1 (64 bit)”
Windows 5.1 – what the hell lol – if that’s xp then you really need upgrade – why infact have a pc with those specs running xp :S
Windows will only update the files for its version – it will not upgrade to next version – eg XP wont upgrade itself to Vista but it will update its own files accordingly

Us players who buy from the online store are supporting anet via purchases – its the only way anet can make money without subscriptions.Now if we paid the RMT`s real money for game cash – we`d be depriving anet of money which can be used to further/improve the game.
Also buying off anet is 100% safe as ive ever yet to hear of someone having their account compromised nor their account being sold to some poor idiot.
I personally would hate to see the day where RMT has forced anet to go subscription – I like the idea of payment only for game and any expansions and if I want to spend some cash on something I can rather than say 10 pounds a month sub ( 120 a yr ) and still have to pay for expansions.
Also many of us gw vets can remember the bot problems in gw1 and at start of gw2 – hard to get stuff done when bots are killing everything – and if you managed to follow the bots an get hits in for drops – you may get tagged as a botter coz you are in a way acting same as them as well as being within range of them.
Personally id say go gw1 against botters and send in Dhuum

Just incase its a bad sector or something with hd – what I do if I have any probs is the following -
1. rename gw2.dat gw2.bak
2. start gw2 and download the files or use the -image command
3. delete gw2.bak
reason I rename instead of deleting is because if its deleted first theres a possibility the data will go in same place and if theres a bad sector on hd you`re going to have the same problem , if you keep it then new dat file data wont be in same place .
Run a few hd diagnostics an defrag when needed.

ok skipped most of the text – my system used to over heat to extent of shutdown – the cause was the thermal paste between cpu an heatsink was wearing thin , along with a nvidea card that had a heatsink instead of fan and gw2 used to overheat.
I decided to buy one of those cpu water cooler units ( all in 1 ) for around 50 pounds and now I don’t have any heat issues at all.
Btw my system had rear fan – front fan and 2 side fans which with the amount of heat given off via vcard wasn’t enough to cool system properly – hell even had a 9inch fan to blow cold air into the tower with side off lol.
You may think theres not much heat given off by heatsink vcard but I could play other games and watch youtube or videos and no problems but 5 mins into gw2 only running and ….shutdown

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Probably right after SAB comes back!

Lol – can you imagine both being released same time – the poor SAB`ers wont know what to do – " oooo sab no wait Hot … no sab …. arghhhh !!!!!"

Tbh – to expect the game to be released in the next month as its in closed betas is a bit much.More likely around the 6 months mark – remember what happened in gw1 with the 4th addon ( utopia) which ended up being cancelled in production and we got instead the EOTN mish mash – which always felt unfinished and rushed ( parts of uropia were changed and used – eg destroyers changing from utopia concept to eotn/present concept.
I`ll be happy when the games released rather than speculating and getting annoyed its taking so long

If any anet staff see`s this thread – can you please add a sticky with details of what to look for , and the steps needed to contact anet .I had an email myself yesterday and it made me lol – im lucky if i ever have over 10 gold and id be amazed if the supposedly “anet staff” thought i was moving large amounts of cash around. Reported it as scamming as well as informing all my guildies/friends so the word got around.

got same problem on 3 chrs who are currently in drytop and its only happened today – yesterday was in there fine. Im based on sorrows furnace server and even guesting doesnt change the problem

Err – Hsinimod – i take it anet staff are not allowed to have weekends off ?
Just so you know and others know as well – anet support staff dont work weekends ( was the same for gw1 support staff ) and when they return to work on a monday they have a weekends worth of support tickets to sort thru as well as any investigations into problems reported on here.
For gods sake will ppl learn to wait – its 1 boss and isnt going to break the whole game and if it bothers you then avoid the boss till its fixed .
Btw stating you`ll try this and doing it may mean if its an exploit – you`re abusing the same exploit and we know how anet likes to ban exploit users ( they seem to have the ability to track ppl – like over a year ago with the ranger bots running rampage and innocent ppl who were passing thru the group doing their own stuff got flagged tho anet did sort the bots out from the players ).So we`ll at some stage seeing a post about you being banned and we`ll def know why.

Just going to say something here as theres arguements over software and hardware -
my graffix card which is nvidea gforce gt 610 … i can play several other games with a slight increase in gpu temp but if i run gw2 i can get a significant increase in temp ( anywhere from 10 to 20c ) which ive seen on my monitoring program.
Now we know that more gpu usage provides more heat – same as cpu on pc otherwise we wouldnt need cooling fans etc.
What we have to consider is the following – is the system case being cooled properly , is the graffix card one with a cooling fan or a heatsink ( the pesky quite versions ) .
If the case isnt cooling correctly then you get a problem with a buildup of heat which will affect the cpu`s core temp – this i know as i messed with an old pc which had a cooling issue and i ran gw2 for around 30 mins before the pc did an instant shut off due to cpu temp reaching 80c.Took the side panel off and put a small fan blowing into the case , rebooted and played for a few hrs with no problems.
Im not saying this is the case but its something to consider – especially when things work harder they make more heat.
So the – its not software but hardware and vice versa are both right in a way , software via game causes heating ( forget about cooling ) which then adds to hardware heat.
Only way i can see a possible solution is – clean the system inside , clean all fans ( front/back/side whatever ) , clean cpu heatsink with a small paintbrush , cpu fans and if it still happens – make sure all fans are working 100% and replace if not … and as a final resort take off the case`s side and put a fan to blow air in. Dont forget also in warmer climates the intake of air will also be warmer so you may need window open or something.
Thats my 5 cents worth an i hope its of some use

just like in life – take a ticket and wait in line for your number to be called.
patience is needed as theres only so many help staff at anet and unless the game has suddenly been 100% debugged and you are the only person with a bug – theres ppl in front of you , maybe even with same problem.
As for gold sellers – theres a weed in england we call bindweed , its an evil SOB that can have its roots in 1 garden and appear in your garden , cut it down and it regrows – leave an inch of it on the ground and it will root and spread – its same with gold sellers , every one we report and anet bans another will rise an take its place , just do what rest of us do and just report and forget them – times i get 1 or 2 a day an other times it can be a week or 2 with nothing ( yeaaaaaaaa ) then they appear again ( nooooooo )

on a joke note – if anet had an open day i wonder if they would stick everyone on helpdesk just to show us at time how hard ( or bad ) it can be . Helpdesk workers you have my admiration for the type of job you do

Something to check as other day i had this problem even after log out/bk in several times – make sure in internet explorer settings > tools > connections >lan setings > make sure the proxy server box is unchecked. No idea why or how but something had activated the proxy server and that was messing with TP – did the usual malware scans an drew a blank but its worth a mention.Weird thing tho thinking about it now – if my ip was changed via explorer why didnt i get the ip change warning screen . ( And before anyone asks – yes changing lan settings in internet explorer can affect things outside of internet explorer , think its to do with how ms incorporated ie into windows , also using win 7

I think it is a bug – ive recently started 3 new chrs – 1st chr didnt have skip option and i assumed “oh anet changed the intro to unskippable” , 2nd chr same but the 3rd chr had skip option.Also just to clarify – all 3 chrs were created simultaniously and not made hours/days apart.
I seem to think that its not only hit on the first cutscene , as im sure ive had it a few times , once or twice on my main chr when doing personal story and once when i started battle for la and actually had the cutscene but no skip – think that was after anet fixed the cutscene due to many players not getting cutscene and others were.

boot soles are the confusing part when it comes down to crafting – when i first tried crafting i made double the amount of boot soles until i realised that you can only make 2 boot soles in 1 crafting – so when u make leather boot , you make the 2 boots and the 2 soles needed in 2 craftings instead of having to make 2 of each each time.
regards to gear – you have to remember its made up of parts – insignia+the item and both in essence have to be made. So regardless of insignia , you will also need globs or xxxx for each part and then whats needed for the insignia.
I think its a case of the whole “crafting” thing needs better information and details on wiki as it can be quite confusing at times – ive seen players ask in local chat before how to make bronze or steel as they cant see any recipes , thats down to lack of actual info on wiki and ingame text.

Gratz on finishing the game – from what ive read on other forums and things said by other players , a lot of players who have played from start have not even bothered completing the personal story.
Theres alot of bugs that are still here from start after a year and anet sadly seems to suffer from bugitus everytime they do an update or new living story part.
Only thing we (the players) can do is keep informing anet of any bugs and details of how we found them and hope anet can reproduce the bug and fix them.

As much as i like gw2 – in my opinion it wont be as good as gw1 was , gw1 was unique as it differed from the other mmo`s and sadly gw2 gave up the uniqueness and jumped on the bandwagon with the other games and became like them.

I cant understand why getting this title seems so hard for other players.
I have 2 accounts – one on usa servers and other is on euro servers , the euro one had very little done on it and to my surprise i got the survivor title without even trying or even thinking about it – and no im not boasting or anything as im just a normal casual player not a die hard fanatic with the uber best skillbar/armor etc.
The only help i can offer those who are having problems – use xp scrolls + food + tuning crystals and do events or champ trains in queensdale – im sure many players when in the train are able to keep alive long enough to rack up the xp needed.
nadefang – survivor never really meant much since gw1 had eye of the north and you could make a survivor from scratch an dwarf box the title in a few hrs.
GW2 survivor title is like the rest of the titles – no meaning or use and the only benefit to players is the achievement points you get from doing them.

Here is the scenerio – 2 days running ive been doing the champ zerg in queensdale (sorrows furnace) – no problem.When players asked where zerg was i was saying for them to “join me for zerg” , along with me chatting as normal suddenly the next time i put in join me i got message supression.
Weird i thought as i wasnt exactly spamming chat.
Yesterday i was announcing the next wp for new players as well as chatting on an off – yes the message supression kicked in after 3 wp`s and i ended up with 3 new players standing next to me because i wasnt able to speak at all.
This has happened only since 2 days ago , its not a case of spamming the wp`s too fast as a good example would be the time between spider wp and waiting for boar which is say 5 mins and i could be silent for those 5 mins ( no supression ) but add phiney wp in chat and supression kicks in.
Has anyone else experienced this – i dont really want to send anet a ticket with a load of pics etc if its only me , btw i redid the data file so its new.